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Regulatory Studies Center & TSPPPA Career Development Services present:Noshing with Notables Informal lunch talks with successful public policy experts about their careers and career paths Room 601z, Media and Public Affairs building

Maureen K. Ohlhausen was sworn in as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission on April 4, 2012, to a term that expires in September 2018. Prior to joining the Commission, Ohlhausen was a partner at Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP, where she focused on FTC issues, including privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity. Ohlhausen previously served at the Commission for 11 years, most recently as Director of the Office of Policy Planning from 2004 to 2008, where she led the FTC?s Internet Access Task Force. She was also Deputy Director of that office. From 1998 to 2001, Ohlhausen was an attorney advisor for former FTC Commissioner Orson Swindle, advising him on competition and consumer protection matters. She started at the FTC General Counsel?s Office in 1997. Before coming to the FTC, Ohlhausen spent five years at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, serving as a law clerk for Judge David B. Sentelle and as a staff attorney. Ohlhausen was on the adjunct faculty at George Mason University School of Law, where she taught privacy law and unfair trade practices. She served as a Senior Editor of the Antitrust Law Journal and a member of the American Bar Association Task Force on Competition and Public Policy. She has authored a variety of articles on competition law, privacy, and technology matters.

Noshing with Notables provides an opportunity for George Washington University students to meet and engage with successful policy practitioners in an informal setting over lunch. Our "Notables" are public policy experts from the government, private sector, academia and non-profit entities.

The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center aims to raise awareness of regulations effects and improve regulatory policy through research, education, and outreach.